MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. The Russian Government has presented the agreement with the Government on China on cooperation in creating an International Research Lunar Station for ratification to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislative assembly.

The document was posted in the database of the State Duma.

"To ratify the agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of creation of the International Research Lunar Station, signed in the city of Moscow and the city of Beijing on November 25, 2022," the document reads.

The explanatory note indicates that the agreement was made for the purpose of creating organizational and legal grounds to implement mutually beneficial cooperation when creating and using the station.